WinMFS

Tried backup of current 1TB drive using VMWare Fusion and Windows7 as admin, in addition to an external USB drive. Program unable to see drive. I don't find information referencing issues with Win7 Pro. Anyone able to use it successfully? Good news, no cap bulging on my TiVoHD.

Tried backup of current 1TB drive using VMWare Fusion and Windows7 as admin, in addition to an external USB drive. Program unable to see drive. I don't find information referencing issues with Win7 Pro. Anyone able to use it successfully? Good news, no cap bulging on my TiVoHD.

TiVO drive was placed in a USB connected external double bay drive through VMWare/Windows7. No, the external drive does not show up in Windows7 (My Computer), even though when first connected I select the attach to Windows option as opposed to Mac OS X. I was able to use this same setup in an older VMWare Fusion and Windows XP setup on a Mac. I have a copy of the 1TB drive but it was before the 11.0m software update and the pairing of my cable card.

I've found WinMFS to be kinda finicky about recognizing drives at times in a native Windows environment, although my TiVo HD drive was always recognized in Win7/xp with no problems with usb/sata/esata. I have found S1 and S2 drives to be hit or miss with a usb adapter though.

That's not the same as "Run as administrator". If you have a shortcut to WinMFS, right-click on it and select "Run as administrator". Not sure how you do this if launching directly from Windows Explorer -- maybe also a right-click?